Scientific program

The scientific program of the 12^th International Symposium on Objective Measures in Auditory Implants (OMAI 2026) focuses on the following main topics:

• Electrocochleography (EcochG)
  • Cochlear microphonics, summating potential, action potential, intraoperative monitoring, residual hearing assessment, objective cochlear function, neural health, correlation with speech outcomes
• Bone conduction hearing and devices
  • Vibration transmission analysis, bone conduction device testing, hearing prediction and outcomes
• Active middle ear implants
  • Output verification, transducer function tests, LDV, objective coupling efficiency, middle ear mechanics, intraoperative and postoperative performance monitoring
• Passive middle ear prosthesis
  
  • Ossicular chain mobility analysis, LDV, vibromechanical transfer function, middle ear mechanics, intraoperative and postoperative objective evaluation
• Objective measures and outcomes in CI
  • eCAP, eABR, impedance telemetry, spread of excitation, neural health, correlation with speech outcomes
• Imaging / OCT / Photon counting CT
  • Objective structural assessment, implant position quantification, electrode-to-modiolus distance, soft tissue differentiation, functional imaging correlations
• Cortical function
  • CAEPs, ASSR, mismatch negativity (MMN), objective cortical plasticity measures, cognitive load markers, auditory attention monitoring

Confirmed keynote speakers:

• Douglas C. Fitzpatrick, PhD - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
• Prof. Nathaniel Greene, PhD - University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
• Prof. Hideko Heidi Nakajima, MD PhD - Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
• Prof. Nicolas Verhaert, MD - UZ and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
• Alessandro Urciuoli, PhD - University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
• Prof. Thomas Zahnert, MD PhD - Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

Scientific program

Saturday, August 22, 2026

Sunday, August 23, 2026

Monday, August 24, 2026